2020 Pantanal's widespread fire: short- and long-term implications for biodiversity and conservation.

Autor: Mataveli GAV; Earth Observation and Geoinformatics Division, National Institute for Space Research, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil., Pereira G; Department of Geosciences, Federal University of São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais São João del-Rei, Brazil.; Graduate Program in Physical Geography, University of São Paulo, São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil., de Oliveira G; Department of Earth Sciences, University of South Alabama, Alabama Mobile, United States of America., Seixas HT; Center for Environmental Studies and Research, University of Campinas, São Paulo Campinas, Brazil., Cardozo FDS; Department of Geosciences, Federal University of São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais São João del-Rei, Brazil., Shimabukuro YE; Earth Observation and Geoinformatics Division, National Institute for Space Research, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil., Kawakubo FS; Graduate Program in Physical Geography, University of São Paulo, São Paulo São Paulo, Brazil., Brunsell NA; Department of Geography and Atmospheric Science, University of Kansas, Kansas Lawrence, United States of America.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Biodiversity and conservation [Biodivers Conserv] 2021; Vol. 30 (11), pp. 3299-3303. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 02.
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-021-02243-2
Abstrakt: The Pantanal faced an unprecedented drought event in 2020. The hydrological year ended in July, 2020 had an annual average rainfall 26 % lower than the average from 1982 to 2020. Consequently, catastrophic wildfires burned out of control. Active fires during this year have also increased, and were 123 % higher than the 2002-2020 Pantanal's average. Approximately 95 % of these active fires occurred in natural land covers with 28 % of them occurring in areas classified as wetlands that likely dried out due to the drought. Therefore, the development of a special policy is needed to minimize the impact of this crisis on the biodiversity, conservation, and traditional people of the Pantanal.
Competing Interests: Conflict of interestThe authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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